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The Midwest (then grocery) chain Meijer, which today operates about 235 stores in six U.S. states, coined the term "super center", [9] and opened the first of its hypermarket format store in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in June 1961, under the brand name "Thrifty Acres".
The interior of a Fresh Market store. The Fresh Market was founded by Ray and Beverly Berry on March 5, 1982, in Greensboro, North Carolina. The first store was opened in the former Bi-Rite store at the corner of Lawndale Dr. and Pisgah Church Rd. [4] The Berrys' idea was to develop a better grocery store that brought back the feeling of open European-style markets. [5]
Bernard Heinrich "Henry" Kroger (January 24, 1860 – July 21, 1938) was an American businessman who created the Kroger chain of supermarkets. Kroger was a pioneering grocery innovator who introduced self-service shopping to the public in 1895.
BI-LO supermarket. A supermarket is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food, beverages and household products, organized into sections.Strictly speaking, a supermarket is larger and has a wider selection than earlier grocery stores, but is smaller and more limited in the range of merchandise than a hypermarket or big-box market.
Walmart Inc. (/ ˈ w ɔː l m ɑːr t / ⓘ; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States and 23 other countries. It is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. [11]
H-E-B Grocery Company, LP, is an American privately held supermarket chain based in San Antonio, Texas, with more than 435 stores [4] throughout Texas and Mexico. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The company also operates Central Market , an upscale organic and fine foods retailer. [ 7 ]
A grocery store (), grocery shop or simply grocery [1] is a retail store that primarily retails a general range of food products, [2] which may be fresh or packaged.In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket, [3] and is not used to refer to other types of stores that sell groceries.
SPAR, originally "DESPAR", styled as "DE SPAR" [2] (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈspɑr]), is a Dutch multinational franchise that provides branding, supplies and support services for independently owned and operated food retail stores. [3]